An easy one-dish meal that is packed full of flavor and protein! This baked feta cauliflower rice with shrimp is easy enough to whip up, and easy on your macros, too!
This dish has a cauliflower rice base, so it’s loaded up with fiber and vitamin C. Cauliflower is also one of the best plant sources of choline — a nutrient crucial for your heart, liver, brain, and nervous system. Add in some shrimp and feta cheese and you’ve got yourself a healthy helping of protein as well!
How to Make Baked Feta Cauliflower Rice with Shrimp
You’ll Need:
- 4 oz block Feta
- Jarred roasted red peppers
- Diced canned tomatoes, drained
- Frozen cauliflower rice
- Frozen cubes of garlic, or minced cloves
- Kosher salt and pepper to taste
- Raw shrimp, tails removed
- Dried oregano
- Fresh parsley, minced
- Lemon, juiced
- Arugula, roughly chopped
- Fresh oregano or mint, chopped
- Pinch of red pepper flakes
Heat up your oven to 400°. Grab a large baking dish — 9×13 will work but use a larger one if you have it! The cauliflower will roast better.
Place your feta in the middle of the baking dish, and surround it with the roasted red peppers, canned tomatoes, cauliflower rice, and garlic. Sprinkle everything with a good pinch of kosher salt and some fresh cracked pepper. Then, roast for 30-40 minutes.
Remove the dish from the oven and add raw shrimp right on top of the cauliflower rice. Spray with a light mist of olive oil spray, sprinkle dried oregano, fresh parsley, and a little more kosher salt and pepper (just to make sure your shrimp are seasoned too!) Squeeze with lemon and bake for an additional 15 minutes or until shrimp are opaque and done to your liking.
When the shrimp is cooked, remove it from the oven and mix in chopped arugula, additional fresh herbs, and a pinch of red pepper flakes for some heat. Enjoy!
Serving Suggestions
I love that the dish has veggies, protein, and carbs all baked into one delicious dish. But, if you’re wanting to add a few simple sides, a side green salad and some crusty bread are always a win! And for the record, of course you can use fresh cauliflower rice, I just love the ease of buying frozen. Then you don’t forget to use it before it goes bad.
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Baked Feta Cauliflower Rice with Shrimp
Disclaimer: the grams I’ve listed manually after each ingredient are accurate for a single recipe, but they will not multiply if you choose the 2x or 3x option. Please make sure and multiply on your own!
Ingredients
- 4 oz block feta (113 g)*
- 1/2 cup jarred, roasted red peppers (180 g)
- 1 14.5 oz can diced canned tomatoes, drained (380 g)
- 2 12 oz bags frozen cauliflower rice (680 g)**
- 2 cubes frozen garlic, or minced cloves
- kosher salt and pepper, to taste
- 2 1/2 cups raw shrimp, tails removed (370 g)
- 1 tsp dried oregano
- 2 Tbsp fresh parsley, minced
- 1/2 lemon, juiced
- 2 cups arugula, roughly chopped (60 g)
- 2 Tbsp fresh oregano or mint, chopped (optional)
- Pinch of red pepper flakes
Instructions
- Heat oven to 400°. Grab a large baking dish– 9×13 will work but use a larger one if you have it! The cauliflower will roast better.
- Place your feta in the middle of the baking dish, and surround it with the roasted red peppers, canned tomatoes, cauliflower rice, and garlic. Sprinkle everything with a good pinch of kosher salt and some cracked black pepper. Roast in preheated oven for 30-40 minutes.
- Remove the dish from the oven and add raw shrimp right on top of the cauliflower rice. Spray with a light mist of olive oil spray, sprinkle dried oregano, fresh parsley and a little more kosher salt and pepper (just to make sure your shrimp are seasoned, too!) Squeeze with lemon and bake for an additional 15 minutes or until shrimp are opaque and done to your liking.
- When the shrimp are cooked, remove dish from the oven and mix in chopped arugula, additional fresh herbs and a pinch of red pepper flakes for some heat. Enjoy!
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